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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+** Copyright 2009, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+
+<!-- These resources are around just to allow their values to be customized
+     for different hardware and product builds. -->
+<resources>
+    <!-- Whether the communal service should be enabled -->
+    <bool name="config_communalServiceEnabled">true</bool>
+</resources>